Pictures To Make You Feel Warm And Fuzzy Part 1

To: AlaninRaleigh

81 posted on 09/22/2001 9:21:55 PM PDT by lormand

Ah, I see you have a picture of a Saudi Arabian suppository.

82 posted on 09/22/2001 9:32:14 PM PDT by Hillary 666

Put your hands together for Spooky otherwise known as Snarling Death from the sound of the mini guns going off.

83 posted on 09/22/2001 10:32:13 PM PDT by 115thINTC

Gee, all those toys look fun, but if I can't carry it on my back on on my back or webbing I don't need to know about it. Rangers Lead the Way. Airborne!

84 posted on 09/22/2001 10:44:03 PM PDT by 115thINTC

Did someone say democrats?

85 posted on 09/23/2001 3:32:16 AM PDT by KneelBeforeZod

Sorry for the delay -- sort of busy these days.

The M109A6 isn't a tank, it's a cannon. It comes with a tender vehicle that ties into it. They're both armored and you're able to transfer ammo from the tender to the 109 without getting out.

These things gulp gas like nothing you've ever seen, but they're economy cars compared to the M1A2 tank.

Go to the fas.org website and look for US Land Systems. You'll find a listing for the M1000/M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter there. They're big trucks that are used for hauling these things for long distances prior to hot operations. That's how we save on gas. Further, each heavy battalion is supported by a forward support company (what used to be the bulk of an HHC) that has a fleet of fuel trucks, cargo vehicles, medics, cooks and associated log types.

A heavy division uses a ton of fuel, but it's a bargain when you consider the firepower that it brings. Each M1A1 battalion has 58 tanks - about the same size as a comparable east bloc battalion. The difference is that our tanks rarely miss their targets. Each tank carries nearly enough ammo to take out an entire east bloc battalion.

This won't even be fair. I really doubt that the Afghanis know what they've gotten into.

86 posted on 09/24/2001 5:54:32 AM PDT by AlaninSA

Dittos from here, definitely!!!

87 posted on 09/24/2001 9:08:49 PM PDT by Aric2000

I had a Navy friend who flew AP-3s out of "Naked Fanny" in the late 60s. He boasted that he was a Navy pilot flying an anti-submarine warfare aircraft a thousand miles from the ocean on attack missions in support of ground troops.

88 posted on 09/25/2001 5:35:15 PM PDT by JoeGar (joegar@pobox.com)

89 posted on 10/01/2001 9:03:18 PM PDT by lormand

To: KneelBeforeZod

Hull #67. It's a shame the USS Cole will be out of this one. Unless those yardbirds can get to work in one heck of a hurry. I would love to see her in action in this conflict....

Hey, Osama, this one is with love!

90 posted on 10/02/2001 6:06:25 AM PDT by gridlock

How many of these are there, or is there just one? What kind of ship is it and what does it do? Is it partially submersible?

91 posted on 10/02/2001 11:22:58 PM PDT by garyhope

# 21 ... what the heck is that?!!

92 posted on 10/07/2001 8:32:11 PM PDT by BunnySlippers

Bumping for that MPEG.

93 posted on 10/07/2001 8:40:13 PM PDT by BunnySlippers

Bumping for that MPEG.

94 posted on 10/07/2001 8:40:21 PM PDT by BunnySlippers

To: Cyber Liberty

Thta cannon is "Atomic Annie" She's sitting at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in the museum park on post. (I got to run my hand along the baby while I was there!! {Artilleryman for 'I touch loud boom}It's huge... well.. compared to what my unit was using. An M119a1 105mm howitzer just looks kinda dinky compared to Atomic Annie.) That was the first tac nuke fired from a howitzer of any kind in the US. Annie and her descendants were rail transported and deflection was changed by running the car backwards or forwards along it's curved track. (The tracks for these monsters were circular)
Didn't matter much whether or not you were accurate, you just needed to get close. Annie's place in the world was usurped by the Atlas missile and it's descendants. (And the medium range missiles fired from truck.) But tac nukes continued to be developed for the Artillery. Smallest big bang for your tax buck. Nice and 'clean' by way of nukes. (Small area hit. Kinda useless to use a multi-megaton round and vape yourself too.)
And no, I've never seen a tac nuke for Artillery myself. You need a clearance better than mine to see them.. but if we needed them ever, you can bet that would end right quick. But 'Atomic Annie' is still visible to the public, though I bet right now would be poor timing to view her. It being that there's a war on and security is rather 'edgy' at the moment (Who wouldnn't be? Only morons aren't edgy.) But for any FReepers out in Oklahoma near the Lawton/Ft. Sill area... Sill's museum is quite an interesting diversion. And 'Atomic Annie' is worth going to see. Along with Geronimo's gravesite. (He was imprisoned there.) Quite alot of history there.
Laters, Darksheare

95 posted on 10/08/2001 7:41:10 AM PDT by Darksheare

96 posted on 10/08/2001 7:52:27 AM PDT by lormand

They are using the AC-130 in Afghanistan now. Check out the story on CNN.com

The body count just got a lot bigger.

....wishing I could see the pure terror in the faces of the pigs on the wrong end of this bad boy!

97 posted on 10/15/2001 6:35:09 PM PDT by lormand

To: Cyber Liberty

98 posted on 10/15/2001 7:05:10 PM PDT by ChowChowFace

I don't know about 'fuzzy', but anyone on the ground in the flight path of this 'Spectre' is certainly going to feel WARM!

99 posted on 10/15/2001 7:18:40 PM PDT by SuziQ

I read a borrowed paperback copy about 8 years ago. I've been looking for a copy of my own.

100 posted on 10/15/2001 7:57:15 PM PDT by dglang

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